REPORT OF AUDIT OF JORDAN BUREAU, FOR THE PERIOD 1 AUGUST 1977 - 30 SEPTEMBER 1981

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• Publication Date: December 11, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
VIA: Inspector General
FROM: 25X1
ie , Audit Staff
SUBJECT: Report of Audit of Jordon Bureau, For the
Period 1 August 1977 - 30 September 1981
Subject report is attached for your information. Please
advise me of action taken on the recommendation.
Attachment:
As stated
Distribution:
Orig. - D/FBIS
1 - DDS&T
1 - O/Compt/BMG
1 - D/Fin
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Jordon Bureau - FBIS
VIA:
FROM:
Inspector General
ie Aualt Staff
SUBJECT: Report of Audit of Jordon Bureau, For the
Period 1 August 1977 - 30, September 1981
1. Subject report is attached for your. information.
The single recommendation resulting from the audit has been
referred to FBIS Headquarters.
2. We appreciate the cooperation and assistance
provided by your staff during the audit.
Attachment:
As stated
Distribution:
Orig. - C/Jordon Bureau
V- D/FBIS
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REPORT OF AUDIT
Jordan Bureau - FBIS
For the Period
1 August 1977 - 30 September 1981
BACKGROUND
1. The Amman Bureau of the Foreign Broadcast Information
Service (FBIS) monitors broadcasts and publications originating
in the Arabic Middle East, including those of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
SCOPE
3. The audit included a review of administrative func-
tions to evaluate the effectiveness of controls and procedures
and to assure compliance with applicable regulations. Finan-
cial and logistical transactions were tested to determine
whether documentation, approvals and certifications were in
accordance with accounting and reporting requirements and to
ensure that expenditures were within the scope of authorized
activities.
COMMENTS
4. Administrative controls, procedures and records
were effective and in conformance with applicable regula-
tions. Minor administrative matters were discussed with
Bureau officials and resolved during the audit.
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5. One matter requiring further consideration involves
the method of remitting.insurance premiums for the Bureau's
Foreign Service National employees. Every quarter a Bureau
staff employee collects the insurance premiums in local cur-
rency. These premiums are payable at Headquarters only in
dollars, so under the current procedure a Bureau staff employee
must voluntarily accept the local currency and write a personal
dollar check in equivalent amount to be pouched back to Head-
quarters; depending on the-amount of premiums to be paid, two
or more'staff employees occasionally have to pool their checking
account resources in order to write checks sufficient to cover
the quarterly billing. In addition, it is necessary for a
schedule to be kept to adjust for currency fluctuation from the
time the local currency is collected to the time the premiums
are paid. Any adjustments required are applied to the next
quarter's billings. This ad hoc arrangement involving vol-
untary participation by individuals and use of their personal
checking accounts needs to be replaced by an official means of
payment.
Recommendation (For FBIS Headquarters):
Develop and implement an alternate FSN
insurance premium payment procedure
which does not involve staff employees
using their personal checking accounts.
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